HII earns LGBTQ equality marks

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Nov. 9 it had received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality. HII is among 609 major American businesses to have earned top marks. “HII is honored to receive recognition as an LGBTQ-friendly workplace from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation,” said HII President/CEO Mike Petters. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for LGBTQ people. HII is America’s largest military shipbuilding company. HII’s Newport News, Va., and Ingalls-Pascagoula, Miss., shipbuilding divisions have built more ships in more ship classes than any other naval shipbuilder. (Source: HII 11/09/17)